Harness-loop.



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PATEN ()FFICE.

nnoljrn'w. KREUTI-IR, or

G RAND RAPIDS, ICIHGA N.

' HARNESS-LOOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 4, 1908.

Application filed November 25. 1907. Serial No. 403,813.

T a all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AnoLPn W. Knnu'rnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have Invented 'ttl'tzllll new and useful Improvements in Harnessl oops, of which the following is aspccificatron.

My invention relates to improvements in harness loops, and its objects are: first, to

provide a loop for use upon the. breast collar and 'brecching of a harness that will so.

strengthen the line of connection that the collar or brccching will not droop or sa and wrinkle or disfigure the straps by which the loop is attached to the harness; and, second, to so form the loop that it will not cause the supporting straps to chafe and disfigure the portion of the harness to which it is attached.

attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in

which Figure l is an elevation of a section of a breast collar to which this loo is attached. with a portion of the sup ortmg strap and the trace broken away to s row the form and application of the loop. Fig. 2 is an edge Fl". 3 1s a detached eleration of the loop; and Fig. 4 is an edge elej Tiew of the same.

ration of the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents a portion of a breast collar. B represents the end of a trace that is firmly sewed to the breast collar, and B represents a retaining or supporting strap or loop, also firmly sewed, or otherwise attached to the breast collar. The end of the trace B, and, also, the end of the strap B" are folded to form a loo loop C, an to avert all possible danger of the loop drawing upward on the extreme ends of the trace B and straps B I form an arm D mtegral with each side stem of the loop, to

extend out at right angles therewith, and

longitudinal of the trace B and the strap B.

When the end of the trace and the strap are a folded over to form the loops b b they are ma ped or folded around the side stems of j the oopC with the arms D D bet-ween the a securing strap of a harness, a metal loop folds, as shown in Fig. 2 and plainly indib b around each side stem of the 1 catcd in Fig. 1, and may be securely fastened to the lower laps of these loops and to the breast collar A by means of rivets d d, assing through the breast collar, the lower laps of the loops and the arms D D of the harnes l loop C and riveted down, as indicated in Fig. l. The loop C is made of metal and has holes (1 (1 formed through the arms D for the passa c of the rivets d (I, as hcrcinbcfore statet. After the loop C has been-secured in the loops 1) b and to the breast collar A,as v stated, the trace B on one side, and the strap B, on the other side of the loop C must be folded back and down and firmly stitched or otherwise firmly attached to the breast collar 3 A in such a manner that there will be a small amount of flexibility to the breast collar im- 1 mediatcly back of the loop C. While it is fnot actually necessary to secure the arms D D to the collar by the use of the rivets d J, I deem it much more ellicient with their use as it greatly strengthens and stillens the harness at this point.

For the purpose of holding the strap E and the loop E away from the surface of the collar A, to avert the danger of chafing the collar with this strap and loop, I curve the end C of the loop C outward, as shown in Fig. 3, so that these parts move free of the surface 3 of the collar.

F represents a buckle that is attached to 3 the strap E for the purpose of enabling me to attach the neck, or other supporting strap, not here shown, tor supporting the collar and traces of the harness.

This loop constructed with the arms D D removed and the loo) secured to the collar 3 by having the trace wrapped around one I side and the securingstrap Bwrapped around the other side and said trace and strap securely stitched to the collar would be much more effectual to prevent bending and wrinkling j the collar atthe point of support, than any other construction now in use, and would prove a very desirable and satisfactory iniprovement in harness construction.

Having thus fully described my invention, 2 what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

In combination with a collar, a trace and Signed at Grand Rapids, Mich, Novem- 3. .52.1?!12315... I1ikl9 $1 isallzli 

